Gracie Fields
Dame Gracie Fields DBE (born Grace Stansfield, 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979), was an English actress, singer and comedienne, particularly active during the Second World War. She was a star of both movies and music hall.
Fields was born on 9 January 1898 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England. She died on 27 September 1979 from complications of pneumonia in Il Canzone Del Mare, Capri, Italy, aged 81.
Gracie Fields Media
Photo of Gracie Fields in 1937.
Fields, accompanied by an RAF orchestra, entertains airmen at their 1939 Christmas party
Fields shares a joke with troops in a village near Valenciennes, France, April 1940
Gracie Fields in Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Other websites
- Gracie Fields on IMDb
- Gracie Fields at Turner Classic Movies
- Gracie Fields: A Biography by Joan Moules Archived 2008-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Gracie Fields' appearance on This Is Your Life
- Photographs and literature
- Biographer David Bret interview with Nathan Morley on Cyprus Radio
- Nine digitally restored Gracie Fields recordings Archived 2014-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
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